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Nufern Adds 80 Micron Bend Insensitive 1550 nm to Line of Select Cut-Off Fibers - Lower Bend Loss for Compact Packaging

March 24, 2003

ATLANTA, Georgia - March 24, 2003 - Nufern Adds 80 Micron Bend Insensitive 1550 nm to Line of Select Cut-Off Fibers - Lower Bend Loss for Compact Packaging. Nufern, the largest independent manufacturer of application-specific optical fiber, has added an 80 micron version to its bend insensitive 1550 nm select cut-off product family. This fiber is designed for use in small form-factor active and passive components that require tight bend radii. Nufern’s 1550B-HP-80 is ideal for bend insensitive packaging for compact C and L-band components, low NA planar waveguides, and metro applications.
“ With current trends toward smaller form-factor components, bend loss is critical,” said Nufern scientist Upendra Manyam. “By increasing the cut-off, using a lower coating index, or changing the cladding index structure, 80 micron fibers are made more bend-insensitive for miniaturization of components while maintaining the same loss budget. As with the 125 micron clad version of 1550B-HP, our 80 micron version meets customers' requirements for tightly controlled optical and mechanical tolerances with better bend-performance 50 to 100 times lower bend loss than SMF28™.”

Nufern’s 1550B-HP-80 offers tight mechanical and optical tolerances, 200 kpsi proof test, and low splice loss to SMF28 fiber, for high yield component manufacturing.

About Nufern
Nufern is the largest independent manufacturer of highly engineered, application-specific optical fiber (ASOF) for components and systems serving the telecommunications, industrial, medical, and aerospace industries. With manufacturing facilities located at its headquarters in East Granby, Connecticut, USA, Nufern is able to engineer, make, support, and deliver large volumes of commercial-grade ASOF to customers around the world. Nufern products include double clad, PM gyroscope, erbium-doped fiber, polarization maintaining fiber, planar waveguide fiber, select cut-off single-mode fiber, photosensitive fiber, RGB fiber, ultra-high numerical aperture fiber, as well as, metalized fibertails, specialty coatings and custom designs. For more information, call toll-free, (866) 466-0214, or visit www.nufern.com.

SMF28 is a registered trademark of Corning, Inc.
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